Death of William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Part VIII

The President

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Proclamation 7013--Death of William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 7013 of July 24, 1997

Death of William J. Brennan, Jr.

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of William J.
Brennan, Jr., former Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, I hereby order, by the
authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America by section 175 of title 36 of the
United States Code, that the flag of the United States
shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings
and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations,
and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in
the District of Columbia and throughout the United
States and its Territories and possessions until sunset
on the day of interment. I also direct that the flag
shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all
United States embassies, legations, consular offices,
and other facilities abroad, including all military
facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twenty-second.